Roofing



(No Model.)

J. L. PAULHABER.

ROOPING.

110.419.512. Patented Jah. 14, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. FAULI-IABER, OF FOSTORIA, OHIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,512, dated January14, 1890.

Application filed November 12, 1889. Serial No. 330,012. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN L. FAULHABER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fostoria, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Roofing, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to metallic rooting.

The object of the present invention is to provide a metallic roofing inwhich the sheets will be compactly secured together without liability oftheir becoming accidentally loosened from a roof by the contraction andeX- pansion of the metal.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully' described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the roofconstructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a transversesectional view. Fig. 3 is a similar View showing one of the sheets andan anchorpiece. Fig. 4. is a detail view of the cap. Fig. 5 is atransverse sectional view illustrating'a modification of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by letter, A designates a sheetof rooting having its longitudinal edges a bent up vertically andprovided along their edges with tubular beads a', around which areclamped similar and slightly larger beads b of anchorpieces B. Theanchor-piece Bis secured to the sheathing of a roof in the ordinarymanner, and its bead or tubularupper edge bis clamped around one of theadjacent tubular edges, which is made slightly smaller than the tubularportion of the anchor-piece. The other adjacent edge of the oppositesheetAis provided with a bead or tubular portion that is slightly largerthan the similar portion ofthe angular piece, and this tubular portion ais clamped around the anchor-piece, and the edge of the plate arrangedwithin the anchor-piece, thereby forming a iirm and compact seam, the

parts of which support and brace each other and securely prevent thesheet being torn accidentally apart and becoming separated from theanchor-piece. The beads or tubular porto inclose semicircular edges ofthe sheet A and form a compact circular seam. The tubu'- lar top of theanchor-piece and edges of the sheets A are clamped and secured togetherby tubular caps O. By this construction a perfectly solid and compactseam, possessing great strength and stiffness and capable of evenlydistributing the expansion and contraction, is provided.

A round cylindrical piece of packing D, which is soaked in any suitablewater-proof or cement, is inserted in the tubular opening of the seamsand ren ders the joint perfectly water-tight. L

From the foregoing it will readily be seen that a metallic roofingconstructed in accordance with this invention is simple and inexpensivein construction, adapted to be readily attached to an ordinary roof, andis capable of receiving a packing that will render the seam perfectlywater-tight.

Having described my invention, what I claim Y is-- l. In a metallicroofing, the combination of an anchor-piece provided at its upper edgewith a tubular bead b, the sheets A, arranged adjacent to theanchor-piece and having their upper edges provided with curved beads oredges conforming to the configuration of the tubular bead of theanchor-piece, and a tubular cap tting over the anchor-piece and theedges of the sheet, substantially as described.

2. In a metallic rooting, the combination of an anchor-piece providedwith the tubulary bead b, and sheets arranged upon each side of theanchor-piece and provided with similar beads d, conforming to theconfiguration of the bead b and adapted to iit the same, and a tubularcap inclosing the edges of lthe anchor-piece and sheets, substantiallyas described.

3. .In a metallic rooting, the combination of the anehowpiece providedwith n tubular myown I have hereto affixed my siglmturein bead Z), thesheets provided with Simiifirbeads presence of two Witnesses. a',adapted to fit within or around the heads JOHN L FAULHABFR Z1, a tubularcap C, and a cylindrical piece of J 5 packing arranged Within thetubular seam, XVitnesses:

substantially :is described. DAVID R. BALLMER,

In testimony that I Claim the foregoing as THOMAS HESSEY.

